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arpon Reef - High profile corals for a school of tarpon and green ties, so all a snorkeler really needs to get started is to either rent a
T moray eels. Green Turtle Cay, the “jewel of the Abacos,” lies three
miles off the northeast coast of Great Abaco. Three and a half miles
long and oneh­ alf mile wide, it features an undulating coastline of
bays, banks and several long beaches.
C oral Condos, a large formation of coral heads with cascading
plate coral and excellent marine life in 60’ water.
C oral Caverns - A series of winding caverns filled with clouds of
shiny Silversides.
S an Jacinto - The wreck of a large steamship sunk in 1865 in 40
feet of water.
T he Catacombs - A shallow sun-splattered cavern with abundant
tropical fish and frequent turtles.
S hore Snorkeling and Boat Based Snorkeling - Virtually every
island in the Abacos has its own shore snorkeling opportuni-
snorkel, mask and a set of fins from her hotel or a dive center or to
bring her own. Green Turtle Cay’s Ocean Beach has a shallow reef
between 50 and 100 yards from shore, depending on the part of
the reef, while Marsh Harbor has its Mermaid Beach and Reef. On
Great Guana Cay, a snorkeler can go to the Dive Guana (diveguana.
com) shop, rent gear and jump in the water for a look at the tropi-
cal sea life right from the dive shop’s own pier. Some of the better
snorkeling sites in the Abacos are not close enough to shore for
independent shore snorkeling but are visited by snorkel and scuba
diving trips. Snorkel boat trips are also a convenient way to visit the
snorkeling sites of other islands in the Abacos. Out of Marsh Harbor
is the Abacos Train Wreck, a popular site with divers and snorkelers
alike, consisting of the sunken remains of a captured pair of Union
locomotives sold to Cuba by the Confederacy, only to be lost at sea.
Most dive centers on the Abacos also conduct regular snorkeling
trips, such as Dive Guana and Brendal’s Dive Center on Green Turtle
Cay.